Anna Karenina: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)The must-have Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest Russian novels ever written Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust and sometimes shocking qualities of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This authoritative edition, which received the PEN Translation Prize and was an Oprah Book Club™ selection, also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for fans of the film and generations to come. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition also features French flaps and deckle-edged paper. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... leave us wondering . The final portrait of Anna has about it a ' vivid insubstantiality ' , in John Bayley's fine phrase , which we do not find anywhere else in Tolstoy . He lost sight of her , in a sense , as he drew closer to her and ...
... leave us wondering . The final portrait of Anna has about it a ' vivid insubstantiality ' , in John Bayley's fine phrase , which we do not find anywhere else in Tolstoy . He lost sight of her , in a sense , as he drew closer to her and ...
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... leave her rooms , the husband was away for the third day . The children were running all over the house as if lost ; the English governess quarrelled with the housekeeper and wrote a note to a friend , asking her to find her a new place ...
... leave her rooms , the husband was away for the third day . The children were running all over the house as if lost ; the English governess quarrelled with the housekeeper and wrote a note to a friend , asking her to find her a new place ...
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... leave ; but , deceiving herself , she still kept choosing things and pretending she was going to leave . Seeing her husband , she thrust her hands into a drawer of the chiffonier as if hunting for something , and turned to look at him ...
... leave ; but , deceiving herself , she still kept choosing things and pretending she was going to leave . Seeing her husband , she thrust her hands into a drawer of the chiffonier as if hunting for something , and turned to look at him ...
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... leave at once . ' I'm sorry I told you , ' said Sergei Ivanovich , shaking his head at his brother's agitation . ' I sent to find out where he's living , and returned him his promissory note to Trubin , which I paid . Here's how he ...
... leave at once . ' I'm sorry I told you , ' said Sergei Ivanovich , shaking his head at his brother's agitation . ' I sent to find out where he's living , and returned him his promissory note to Trubin , which I paid . Here's how he ...
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... leave without having decided anything , and he decided to rebel . ' Why don't you know ? ' ' I don't know . That depends on you , ' he said and at once was horrified at his words . She did not hear his words , or did not wish to hear ...
... leave without having decided anything , and he decided to rebel . ' Why don't you know ? ' ' I don't know . That depends on you , ' he said and at once was horrified at his words . She did not hear his words , or did not wish to hear ...
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